The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-30

do not Expect to Come Out-Which
Things are Parable.
The Episcopal Methodist.
Papa, we are not going to pay old
Ben all we said. Amt that right?'
'How so, my son p
well, you see the fellows have spent
all their money for Christmas and things,
that is most all, and what we've got we
want to keep for other things. Besides,
we've paid him seventy-fve cents any
how
But, my son, did you not promise
him a dollar2'
'Yes, SIR
sAnd didn't old Ben on the strength
of that promise wait on you dozen boys
for whole day running errands and
helping you gather nuts and carrying
your basket, and bringing you water
and waiting on you at dinner?'
Eyes, SIR
'And didn't he buy dollars worth
of groceries at the store expecting to
pay for them with the dollar you boys
were to give him?'
'Y-e-e-s, sir.
well, Jack, do you think that is hon.
est p
But, papa, some of us have paid our
part, and the others haven't got any
more money, and it is so much bother
to collect t'money anyhow
why, Jack, I am astonished at you.
All that is no excuse. Ben contracted
with you together didn't he, not with
each one separately, and each one of
you is bound for the whole amount till
all is paid aren't you? That is the way
in business. If company or society
of us men, together employ clerk, or
carpenter, or lawyer, or anybody,
the law hOlus every onc IcoponSiDlc Til
he is paid, and it is right that it should.
If any of the company should fail or re-
fuse to pay his dues the man could sue
the rest and sell their property to pay
all his bill. Everybody knows that
1t may be hard on you boys who have
paid, to pay each one something addi-
tional to make up what the others have
failed to pay of their share, but it is
harder on old Ben just himself to have
to shoulder the whole loss himself. The
quarter lacking divided, say among six
of you, would only be four and sixth
cents piece, but if you don't pay it
old Ben has to loose twenty-five
But, papa, suppose none of the other
boys will pay any more, ought pay
the whole quarter7'
well, Jack, if you don't old Ben will
have to won't hep
Eyes, sir
Then you ought certainly to be the
one to pay. You employed Ben you
enjoyed his services; you have got some
of the nuts he helped to gather, yet you
got him into debts ; and now you've got
to pay him.
'But suppose quarter is all I've
got7'
you must still pay him, Jack. My
boy be honest. Always pay what you
owe if others do fail, even if it takes
the last cent you have. 1 know it is
hard for us to bear other peoples share
when they have enjoyed the benefits as
much or more than we, but it is much
worse to cause innocent people to be
wronged. And as to the trouble, you
ought to be ashamed of making such a
selfish excuse. Take any amount of
trouble to do your duty
Il reckon we'll have to 'bust up and
suspend specie payments, like you do
down on Change papa. It's not
wrong then not to pay is IT,
my boy, if man is unfortunate and
honestly loses his money and breaks so
that he can't pay his debts, of course
he is to be excused. But even then it
is expected that he shall first surrender
all that he has got, besides to be econ
omical and saving afterwards and try to
pay up all he owes. But he can't re-
fuse to pay just one debt and pay others
or keep his money for other things
Anybody that does that, even on Change,
is considered very dishonorable and
could never get anybody to trust him
any more. If you boys 'bust up as
you call it, you first give up all your
property of every kind to see whether
it won't pay him out, and you must
work and save afterwards, too, till you
do pay him in full.
'Ain't there no way, then, in business
to get out of paying said Ben 2
None whatever, my child, that is
honorable, if you either have or ever
shall have the money
well, if you can't do it in business,
YOU can do it in the Church l know,
cause l know 1 heard you, papa, and
lot of those other fellows called Stew
ards say the other day that the Church
was not going to come out this year,
and that Bro. jenkins, our preacher,
wouldn't get all his money
'Yes, my boy, I fear it is too true
l don't know what is the matter with
the people. They don't tseem as ifthey
want to pay at all, and I'm very much
afraid there'll be deficiency
sWhat does deficiency mean, papa2
Look in your Webster's Dictionary
1t is right beside you.'
deficiency the state of being def
| cient want failure imperfection. :
A deficiency of Blood Arbuthnot. 'In
tellectual deficiency 'Glanville : that
what the Dictionary says. Do yol
mean, papa, that the Church will hav'
a state of being deficient; inadequacy